Do you remember when we used to play choplifter on Atari or VIC 20 or Nintendo? This is the same game but the leap of graphics and side missions and weapons can't help to make this almost a completely different game. Most importantly is it's sill fun to play. There's fun to be had here but an hour into the game it gets repetative. This game forces you to be conservative and yet rushing at the same time. That fuel gauge drives me nuts half the time because I hate leaving any enemy placements without blowing them up, but if you try... you are gonna run outta gas. It's a madding balancing act of destroying enough to get to the men you need to rescue and still getting your chopper out in one piece. Half the time you feel like you are juggling too much as you deal with enemies on the ground and foreground while running on fumes and you chopper is taking damage as you wait for men to board. This is one of the first games I recommend but not as much as I would like. The funs here but this game will overwhelm and tick you off at times too.

Choplifter HD is only recommendable to people who don't mind a severe "old school" challenge. Everyone else will probably find the game too frustrating, even on the lower difficultly levels.

Like the 1980s original, Choplifter HD puts you in control of a helicopter and tasks you with rescuing people and bringing them back to safety. Enemies dot the levels and they'll take shots at you; if your helicopter takes too many hits you'll blow up. Likewise, if you run out of fuel, you'll crash. Choplifter HD becomes a game of risk management; do you have enough fuel to make it to the next person who needs to be rescued, or should you turn back to refuel and repair first? The clock is ticking...

All of this is fine, and is keeping in the spirit of the original game. Where Choplifter HD veers off-course is in the difficulty: this game is tough as nails. The first two or three levels are easy enough, but the difficulty spikes severely from that point on. Levels are jam-packed with enemies that can take your health down in a flash and many of them re-spawn after a short time, meaning you have to deal with them over and over. Enemies with RPGs and EMP rifles that stand on rooftops are very hard to spot, and later on you'll have to avoid missiles fired from jets as well as incoming mortar fire. There are even tanks and AA cannons that can take you out in a couple of hits. It's almost impossible to avoid taking damage in Choplifter HD, so get used to restarting some levels multiple times before you finally conquer them.

If the campaign becomes too much to take, Choplifter HD also has a zombie mode: here, you fly back and forth across a besieged city, shooting zombies and rescuing people. It's fun for a while.

One other thing worth mentioning: the awful voice-acting. Throughout Choplifter HD, you'll be treated to poorly-written and voiced jokes and one-liners from your chopper's crew. None of the jokes are funny, and they're repeated over and over. Some of the dialog is surprisingly tasteless too. Turn your speakers off.

If you're one of those people who think that modern games have become too "casual", then Choplifter HD is for you.

Having played the original in the late 80's as a kid in amusement arcades, it was hard to resist purchasing this very addictive game. It's worth purchasing the Night Avenger dlc helicopter as some missions are quite difficult to get a perfect 5 stars. The more stars you acquire the better helicopter upgrade you receive, you have to use non dlc helicopters to complete a mission before being able to use any powerful dlc helicopters you may have purchased.

Zombie! Zombie! Zombie! dlc level pack is worth buying also but not necessary to complete the game.

You can easily play this game off onboard Intel HD Graphics 3000 very well, the graphics are superb.

Good arcadey side scrolling shooter fun, plus its in HD, So what more could you want.All in all the game runs smoothly and fluidly, i would recommend this to friends and family also.Makes for an extra addition to your arcadey games library.Overall i will give the game a 4/5 review scoreCheersmark117h

Choplifter HD is the return of the classic video game that many of us used to play on Apple, Atari or our gameboy (+ more). Its return should hold a special place in every gamers' heart as its modern rendition still gives us hours of fun and humor. Choplifter HD should not be passed up by any casual gamer and is great for Steam achievers.

Choplifter HD is a spiritual successor of the original Choplift on Apple II. The mechanics are simiar, but updated. The chopper is in 2D space: it can go left, right, up and down. It can turn left, right, or face the player (out), and this is important as enemies do come from 3 directions (left, right, and out). And you can't hit the enemy if you're facing the wrong way. The game is presented in 3D with parallax and real scrolling to give the impression of 3D but the actual movesments are 2D.

Different helicopters have different handling, such as firepower, speed, carrying capacity, fuel capacity, and so on. Armed helis have missiles and/or chain gun, and all helis need to rescue people (civilians or soldiers or even the occasional news crew). As you play you will unlock better helos by achieving "stars" on the missions.

Your objective is basically to rescue as many people that needs to be rescued as possible by flying there, kill enemies in your way, land next to the people (not ON them!) so they get on, then fly back to your base, drop them off, and repeat until either time runs out, or you rescued them all and/or other missions. It can get frantic, when you have enemies on all sides, missile lock on you, and so on.

In many ways this is a twin joystick shooter, as the left stick controls the chopper while the right stick controls the aim (laser sight pointing the chain gun).

Fuel is limited, and any use of "turbo" (speed boost) eats up fuel like crazy. And your helo won't fly without fuel. Rockets are limited in qty and reloaded only at base. Chaingun is infinite but there's a heat limit to prevent it from firing too much. Carrying capacity is limited and the larger choppers don't fly as fast or move as nimbly as the smaller ones. On the other hand, they can often do everything in one trip rather than taking multiple trips.

There are various "campaigns" containing various missions, and each mission usually has a bonus objective as well as news crew to rescue (2 extra people!)

DLC packs adds extra helos to play with (some are very powerful) and more missions.

Very much a game for the Choplifter enthusiast, this game is what a "sequel to a classic" should be. It reproduces the tone, gameplay, and atmosphere of the original arcade classic in a very meaningful way, without introducing obscure "new" mechanics that detract from the theme or feel of the original. Mind you, the original was controller-breakingly difficult, and Choplifter HD is no different: the gameplay is simple yet exceptionally challenging. Since the graphics are simple and the gameplay is "old fashioned" , I can't recommend this to newer gamers; however if you are a retro junky or a fan of the original, then Choplifter HD is a Must Buy.

This is Choplifter!! This is how a remake should be, hell, this is how every remake should be. If you know the original game, then insta-buy this. If you don't and are interested in it, then grab it. Great old-school arcade fun :)

I liked this game, long time ago one of my favorite game on the NES was Choplifter, this one honor it's name so keep a look at this one, the difficult, replayability, gameplay and everything else it's really good, and it has a free zombies DLC!!!, it adds more missions after the main game, just be carefull with the others DLCs, there're just extra choppers but you can finish the game once and then use the Raptor chopter on most levels without any problem, this is a good game and brings me good memories about it, by the way... i hate that Scoop Sanderson

This game isn't one that you just push along through the levels and are finished with the game the next day. This game is trully fun to play, will keep you entertained thouroughly, and won't frustrate you when you fail. You unlock better choppers and replay levels until you're satisfied. The graphics are surprisingly advanced and the side-scrolling gameplay proves to be very addictive. Overall this game is complete in it's superb gameplay and eye-catching graphics.

What a fun casual game! Although the keyboard / mouse works well, the xbox controller feels a little better. You have to rescue people, and manage your fuel. My only complaint was the training missions were very easy, but the first real mission cn be fairly tough. So expect a bit of a difficultly curve going in. Other than that I like it alot.